Trump says ‘somebody else’ should negotiate for Ukraine and defends easing Russia sanctions
Donald Trump said “somebody else” should negotiate on Ukraine’s behalf while criticising Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He defended his decision to waive sanctions for Russia, saying his aim was to stop the war rather than help Moscow.
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Donald Trump said “somebody else” should negotiate on Ukraine’s behalf and again criticised Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He also defended his decision last week to waive sanctions for Russia.
Trump said he was seeking to stop the war between Russia and Ukraine and argued that Zelenskyy was not helping that effort. “I want to see people not die,” the US president told reporters.
Trump rejects claim Moscow benefited
Responding to Zelenskyy’s description of the US president as being on the “wrong side of history”, Trump said Ukraine could have reached a better deal earlier if its leader had listened to him. He claimed that “a million people” had been killed, but the figure is contradicted by evidence cited in the source.
Trump said little territory had changed hands while the number of deaths was enormous. The source provides no further evidence supporting his estimate.
What we know
- Trump said “somebody else” should negotiate on Ukraine’s behalf.
- The US president defended waiving sanctions for Russia.
- Trump said he wanted to end the war and prevent further deaths.
- His claim that a million people had been killed is contradicted by evidence cited in the source.
Trust: Single source
- The story relies on one publisher. A second independent confirmation has not been established from the cited sources.
- Sources: The Guardian World.
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